Niketas Chalkoutzes
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Niketas Chalkoutzes
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The patrikios Niketas Chalkoutzes was a Byzantine general, the first attested member of the Chalkoutzes family, and most notable for his recovery of Cyprus from the Arabs in 965. He is the first attested member of the Chalkoutzes or Chalkoutses family, whose members are mentioned sporadically until the 13th century. He is first mentioned by Skylitzes and Kedrenos in 956, when he led an embassy to the court of the Hamdanid Emir of Aleppo, Sayf al-Dawla, who at the time was engaged in bitter fight
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10th-century Byzantine general
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niketas_Chalkoutzes
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2023-06-18T02:30:03Z
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